Highlights of Poland Group Tour 2023

Visiting Krakow Warsaw Gdansk

Highlights of Poland Group Tour 2023

SOLD OUT for 2023 Our Highlights of Poland group tour is the perfect introduction to Poland. Along with your local guide and fellow travellers, you will be treated to beautiful old towns, architecture, culture, and nature as you tour from Krakow up to Gdansk in the Polish summer months.

Tour Highlights

Krakow, Warsaw & Gdansk
Marlbork Castle
4 star hotels
Excellent guides
Choose your optional extras
Escorted Group Tour

Day 1 - Arrival in Krakow

(Tuesday)

Welcome to Krakow! Optional transfer to Hotel Q Plus Krakow**** or similar, check-in & meet your tour leader and fellow guests at the welcome meeting.

Optional Transfer

EUR 45.00 for private car (1-3 people)
EUR 65.00 for private van (4-7 people)

Day 2 - Krakow

(Wednesday)

For half a millennium Krakow was the royal capital of Poland and for centuries the city walls have guarded its traditions and secrets. The morning sightseeing tour takes us to the Old Town with the St. Mary's Church, the Jagiellonian University, the Cloth Halls and Wawel with the Wawel Castle and the Wawel Cathedral. The afternoon offers an optional excursion to the famous Wieliczka Salt Mine, an amazing labyrinth of tunnels going down as far as 327 meters. The evening offers an optional Polish dinner at Restaurant Hawelka.

Optional Extras

4-hour excursion to Wieliczka Salt Mine: EUR 60.00 pp
Polish dinner at Restaurant Hawelka: EUR 40.00 pp

Day 3 - Krakow to Warsaw

(Thursday)

We leave for Czestochowa, the spiritual heart of Poland, where we visit the Jasna Gora Monastery with the Black Madonna. Through the flat low-laying plain of Central Poland we reach Warsaw in the early afternoon. Check-in at Hotel Radisson Blu Sobieski**** or similar.

Day 4 - Warsaw

(Friday)

Warsaw is essentially a post-war city with a meticulously reconstructed Old Town. The morning sightseeing tour includes the Royal Route and the Old Town with the Royal Castle, St John's Cathedral, the Old Town Market Square and the Barbican. In the afternoon is offered an optional excursion to the Royal Lazienki Park with the Palace on the Water. The evening offers an optional Polish dinner at Restaurant Dawne Smaki.

Optional Extras

3-hour excursion to the Royal Lazienki Park and visit to Palace on the Water: EUR 40.00 pp
Polish dinner at Restaurant Dawne Smaki: EUR 40.00 pp

Day 5 - Warsaw to Gdansk

(Saturday)

Leaving Warsaw, we depart by train bound for Gdansk. Like a mini-state all to itself, Gdansk has a unique feel, cultured, wealthy and cosmopolitan, that sets it apart from all other cities in Poland. Upon arrival to Gdansk, check in at Hotel Mercure Gdansk**** or similar. During the afternoon old town walking tour we see Dlugi Targ, or Long Market, St. Mary's Church, St. Bridget's Church, Artus Court and Gdansk Town Hall.

Day 6 - Gdansk

(Sunday)

In the morning is offered an optional tour of the so-called Tri-City - a conurbation uniting Gdansk with the lively coastal towns of Sopot and Gdynia. The tour along the 35 km gulf of Gdansk includes a visit to the famous pier in Sopot and a lovely organ concert at the Oliwa Church. In the afternoon we offer an optional tour out of Gdansk to Malborg Castle. Our first stop is at Elblag, a town with a bitter-sweet past and a seemingly bright future. After a short visit of the Old Town with the red-bricked St. Nicolas Cathedral we continue to pay a visit to Malbork Castle - a massive fortress founded by the Teutonic knights in the 13th century and beautifully sat on the banks of the sluggish Nogat River. In the evening is offered an optional farewell dinner at the prestigious Restaurant Pod Lososiem.

Optional Extras

4-hour excursion of Tri-City with Sopot and Gdynia with organ music concert at Oliwa church: EUR 45.00 pp
5-hour excursion to Malborg Castle: EUR 70.00 pp
Farewell dinner at Restaurant Pod Lososiem: EUR 50.00 pp

Day 7 - Departure from Gdansk

(Monday)

Optional transfer to the airport. End of your tour.

Optional Transfer

EUR 55.00 for private car (1-3 people)
EUR 95.00 for private van (4-7 people)

TOUR PRICES

776 EUR per person = based on two people sharing a double/twin room
1069 EUR per person = staying in a single room
Half board at hotels (6 x 3 course dinner with coffee/tea): EUR 185.00 pp

TOUR DATES

1st August - 7th August 2023 (-75 EUR pp)
15th August - 21st August 2023 (-75 EUR pp)

TOUR INCLUDES

6 nights at centrally located 4 star hotels
6 x buffet breakfast
Welcome meeting with champagne-cocktail or juice
Personalised welcome package
Entrances to Wawel Castle in Krakow, Jasna Gora Monastery in Czestochowa, St. John's Cathedral in Warsaw, Malbork Castle and Artus Court in Gdansk
Service of English-speaking tour escort on all tours
Service of 1st class motor coaches or 1st class minivans throughout the itinerary
Portage at hotels

TOUR NOTES

Please note flights are NOT included in this package. If you wish to add flights to your booking please contact us, or you are welcome to book them yourself.
If required, we can book additional nights at the start or end of your tour, or arrange an add-on pre/post tour to any of our other destinations.
The tour is guaranteed (min 2 people) and the maximum group size is 31 people.
This tour is run by our local partners ViaHansa and is called Polish Splendours.

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